Or, put another way, I was born of sin: a mistake in human form, a bomb aimed perfectly to blow up both my parents’ lives.
I was a child of passion! A happy little accident. That’s the way I open every story when I’m asked about my childhood. My parents were married when they had me, just to different people. He lives in Brooklyn and is currently working on his next book, American Dionysus, forthcoming from Knopf.In Dirtbag, Massachusetts, Fitzgerald, with warmth and humor, recounts his ongoing search for forgiveness, a more far-reaching vision of masculinity, and a more expansive definition of family and self. Formerly of BuzzFeed Books and BuzzFeed News’ Twitter morning show #AMtoDM, Isaac also appears frequently on The Today Show.
Isaac is a former co-owner of The Rumpus, where he edited early work by authors we now consider household names, such as Roxane Gay and Cheryl Strayed. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire, The Guardian, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and numerous other publications. He is also the author of the bestselling children’s book How to Be a Pirate as well as the co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (winner of an IACP Award). Isaac is the New York Times bestselling author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts (winner of a New England Book Award).
He is an author, cultural critic, and commentator on a variety of news platforms. In his life, Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals.
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